Boot or shoe and method of making same



4(No Model.)

G. W. YOUNG. BOOT OR SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

No. 507,574. Patented Oct. 31, '18973.

l l i l l I I f l GEORGE WV. YOUNG, OF

PATENT Fries.

LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 507,574, dated October 31, 1893.

Application filed January 12, 1893. Serial No. 458,145. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. YOUNG, of Lynn, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in and Method of Manufacturing Boots or Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing'like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a boot or shoe possessing great flexibility, and in which the fastenings con necting the upper and inner sole shall be so removed from the edge of the inner sole that 1n the operation of applying and securing the outer sole there will be no interference with or destruction of said fastenings.

In accordance with my invention I have secured the edge of the upper and the welt to a loop-like rib or Wale projecting from one side of and formed by folding a thin inner sole between its edges and median line substantially parallel to the edge of the sole, the welt being thereafter secured to the outer sole in usual manner. Figure l, shows a plan and end view of an lnner sole used in carrying out my invention Fig. 2, a similar view thereof,a loop-like rib or Wale being formed within the edge of the sole from the heel breast line all about the fore part, preparatory to the attachment of the upper to the sole. F-ig. 2a, is a section on Choline .fr-0c, Fig. 2. Fig. 3, in section, and on a larger scale, shows the upper drawn over the last, and together with the welt, secured to the loop-like rib or Wale of the inner sole; and Fig. 4, also in section, and enlarged, shows the outer sole secured to the welt as in the completed shoe, with an interposed filling between the outer and inner soles.

As herein shown, the thin inner sole a is enlarged from the points 1, 2, in about the line of the heel breast forwardly around the entire toe portion of the shoe, and the material of the said sole is folded between its edges and median line to leave a loop-like rib or Wale b, best shown in Figs. 2a and 3, projecting from one side of the sole and within and substantially parallel to its edge, the said rib or Wale extending forwardly from about the point 1 entirely around the toe portion to the substantially opposite point 2, the rib being formed from the enlarged portion of the sole by any suitable means, forming no part of this invention. The inner sole is .then temporarily secured to the last in any usual or suitable Way, the upwardly projecting rib being upon the outside', as shown in Fig. 3. The upper c is then drawn over the last and its edges brought vup and temporarily secured, as by tacks. As herein shown, a welt d is then applied in usual manner, and welt, upper, and inner sole are permanently united by stitches e passing through the welt, upper, and the rib b of the inner sole, above the outer side of said sole as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the said line of stitches thus being well in from the edges of the last and the outer portion of the Welt. The edges of the Welt and upper, and also preferably the rib b, may then be trimmed in about the dotted lines y, y, Fig. 3, it being observed that the said rib is not entirely cut through. If desired, however, the trimming maybe brought nearer to the line of stitches e, and the rib b cut through, as shown in Fig. 4. The outer sole a is then applied, it being secured by suitable fastenings, preferably stitches e through the projecting portion of the welt, in usual manner, inclosing a lling f. By

referring to Fig. 4, it Will be seen that the line of stitches c is so far removed from the outer edge of the inner sole that it is impossible for the fastenings e to interfere in any way with them, thus doing away with all liability to cut or disarrange the stitches e during the operation of securing the outer sole to the welt. The inner sole can be made very thin, as shown, thereby greatly increasing its flexibility, and no grooving or channeling is required, and the projecting rib or Wale is double the thickness of the sole, presenting a firm hold for the stitches e. When the rib b is formed in the inner sole the edge of the said sole assumes its proper shape and size, Ithe extra material being taken up by the said rib.

A shoe made in accordance with my invention is exceedingly flexible and durable, the inner row of stitches being well protected, and as said stitches extend through the rib b IOO they pass through two grain surfaces, thereby making the seams much stronger than has heretofore been possible, as the grain surface is the strongest part of the leather.

I claiml. The herein described method of manufacturing a Welted shoe which consists in folding a thin inner sole between its edges and median line to leave a loop-like rib or Wale projecting from one side thereof substantially parallel to and within the outer edge of said sole; applying said sole to alast with the projecting rib or Wale out; drawing an upper about the last and laying its edges over upon the rib or Wale of the inner sole; laying a Welt on the upper where it is laid on the rib or Wale of the inner sole; uniting the welt, upper, and ribbed part of the inner sole by stitches therethrough above the outer side of the sol'e,rand thereafter uniting the outer sole to the Welt by other fastenings, substantiallyas described.

n 2. The herein described boot or shoe, the same consisting of an upper, a thin iieXible inner sole having a loop-like rib or Wale formed therein and projecting from lone side thereof between its edges and median line and substantially parallel to and withln the edge of the sole; a welt united to the upper and projecting rib of the said inner sole, by stitches therethrough above the outer side of the sole and an outer sole stitched to the said welt, substantially as described.

3. A flexible inner sole for boots and shoes, said sole having aloop-like rib or Wale torlned therein integral therewith and projecting from one side thereof between its edges and median line, substantially parallel to and within the edge of the sole, and extended from the shank or heel breast line forward entirely about the fore part of the sole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

EMMA J. BENNETT, FREDERICK L. EMERY. 

